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World History up to 1500: Climate Change and Plague in the Fourteenth Century
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World History up to 1500: Climate Change and Plague in the Fourteenth Century
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1. How did the period of the Avignon papacy affect the church in western Europe?
2. The simultaneous appointment of three popes in 1378 began the period in the history of the Catholic Church known as what?
3. The 1330s marked the beginning of the plague’s appearance in which regions?
4. To address labor shortages caused by the Black Death, countries like England passed laws regulating workers’_________.
5. What did most medieval people believe was the cause of the Black Death?
6. What was unique about the Yuan dynasty in Chinese history?
7. What caused many fourteenth-century people to migrate from their homes in search of more hospitable conditions?
8. What caused many fourteenth-century people to migrate from their homes in search of more hospitable conditions?
9. How did the period of the Avignon papacy affect the church in western Europe?
10. What was the principal means of the plague’s spread?
11. What subject for analysis has the field of historical climatology incorporated into the investigation of historical climate change?